‘Surprise’ as number of undocumented Irish cut to 10,000

The minister for the diaspora is surprised the estimated number of illegal immigrants living in the US has now been reduced to just 10,000.

It comes after Government envoy to the US Congress John Deasy, revised down the number of undocumented Irish in America.

Minister of state for the diaspora Ciaran Cannon said he was surprised by the figuret but committed to still fight to gain proper status for the undocumented.